+BIRTH OF THE NEW ORLEANS+ +GARDEN DISTRICT+ ++++++++++++ +SAULET PLANTATION HOUSE+ ( delord-sarpy plantation adjacent >together the begining nucleus of a magnificent urban zone ) ***************************** >VISUAL REFERENCES<, >i have given a reference to the drawing by charles d. armas on page 20 of "NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE- THE LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT" ******************************** >s y n c h r o n i c i t y< ********************* >note: i would like to thank * +ELISE LUCILE RAY+ daughter of +LUCIE VERLOIN deGRUY RAY+ >my beloved aunt who gave >me this vol., christmas 1971. ***************************** +I DEDICATE THIS MESSAGE+ ( it was she who also purchased the portrait of francois verloin degruy >HAD IT RESTORED< >and willed it to me ) ******************* >+SHE WAS NAMED AFTER+ +ELISE SAULET FOUCHER+ ( sister of denis foucher >marquis de circe ) ***************** +UPTOWN NEW ORLEANS WAS+ >THEIR FAMILY"GENUS LOCI"< (foucher st. in the 1960s, >soniat, dufossat nearby) ************************ >CULTURED AND NOBLE< >they knew they were part of this new orleans history but they never realised the extent or depth of their long +H E R I T A G E+ *************** >THE SAULET PLANTATION HOUSE WAS STILL THERE UNTIL 1959 BUT LITTLE DID THEY REALISE ITS IMPORT. nor did i as a tulane student of architecture in the 1950s. ***************************** +PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SAULET+ +PLANTATION HOUSE+ ********************** +poignant photographs can be seen at >www geocities.com/twincousin2334/ NOstsimeons.htmi-tk ********************** >EVOLUTIONARY TIME LINE< >the saulet plantation became the heart of the faubourg saulet in the lower garden district in 1806. thomas lafon drew the master plan. **************************** >(he also married elizabeth saulet- daughter of thomas saulet and >marie therese PERRY saulet) **************************** >+THIS PERRY HERITAGE GAVE THE MARRIAGE OF FRANCOIS JOSEPH (many children, divorce reason unknown to me) ? >VERLOIN deGRUY & MARIE HELOISE >SAULET A POWERFUL CACHET< +(perry grandmother, sisters)+ **************************** +THEY GAINED GREAT FAME/WEALTH+ >the degruys built their famous plantation with the round sugar house across river (WINNER OF SUGAR AWARDS) >from napoleon avenue but the saulets **************************************** >LIVED IN THEIR PLANTATION HOUSE UNTIL 1860 WHEN IT WAS GIVEN TO THE SISTERS OF CHARITY. >for a school for girls< ********************* >it was converted to a hospital +MERCY HOSPITAL+ >1922-1951< *********** +IMPORTANT SAULET DUSCOVERY+ (adjacent to their plantation house) >HONORING THERESE >PERRY< SAULET< (it also symplified marriage plans) ********************************* >in 1848 the saulet family donated land to build an impressive gothic church ************************************** +SAINT THERESE'S CHURCH+ (page 117 ,n.o. architecture) **************************** +SYNCHRONICITY+ ( drawn by a powerful intuition) >ST. THERESE'S CHURCH WAS< >demolished in 1966 the year i began my architectural work in the garden district in a wonderful studio >a stones throw away< ********************* >TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THIS FASCINATING FAMILY >H I S T O R Y< ************* gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com